What everyday things that people do you find annoying or obnoxious?

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Me2309@reddit

Had a baby 5 months ago and it really pees me off that strangers constantly want to touch her. Walked around Asda yesterday and 3 separate people stopped to either stroke her head or play with her feet. I’m too shy to say anything but it really annoys me. I know they mean no harm but I find it infuriating- especially in the early days when babies have no immune system

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Cute_Researcher_6578@reddit

that's a bit weird to be honest - well it is to me anyway! Unless they are family/friends, they can p-off!

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Me2309@reddit

I find it weird too! I’d never think to approach a baby, and certainly wouldn’t touch one!!

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YSNBsleep@reddit

Rustles their plastic carrier bag in search of crap, and then pulls out an equally noisy crisp bag and proceeds to chomp like they’re sitting alone in their kitchen and there aren’t another 49 people on the bus having to listen to their teeth and lips smack around as the crisps deliquesce, ladening the air with a vile cocktail of salt, vinegar and dehydrated lung air.

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patrickb1920@reddit

I can smell the potency from here

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darthpaul1978@reddit

There's a special hell for those who don't pick up their dog's shit.

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Small-Pension-9459@reddit

People with their laptops in coffee shops who are having a team video call. Extra points if they don’t have headphones.

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horse_course@reddit

Stand in the background, grinning and waving at the people on the call 👋

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HoraceorDoris@reddit

Get closer until you break the “barrier” when they’re using a filter. Bonus points for grinning like a maniac or doing it “accidentally” with your arse!👍😁

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horse_course@reddit

Amazing. Just the guy on the call and a floating hairy arse appearing over his shoulder. The perfect prank

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PrincessStephanieR@reddit

Owning a dog and believing the world revolves around your choice of pet. If you insist on bringing it everywhere, at least have the common courtesy to keep it under control and on a lead. Try to imagine that there are other people besides yourselves and understand that not everyone wants your dog near them. Also, they don’t need to give you an explanation as to why.

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Cute_Researcher_6578@reddit

I'm with you, but it is a losing battle.

"O M G - this pub doesn't allow dogs? WHY NOT?! my precious is cleaner than most of the customers, why you not like dogs?"

Even worse is when one jumps up you..don't dare to complain you have nail marks down your leg or clothes, along with dog hair and saliva down you, the reply is usually "oh poor you, there are worst things in the world"

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PrincessStephanieR@reddit

Right?! Or if you have an allergy- just take a pill. If you are scared- don’t worry, Bailey won’t bite. It’s not the biting I am worried about (Bully breeds aside) Karen it’s just that I find your choice of pet disgusting and terribly unhygienic. And no, your dogs mouth isn’t cleaner than a humans… your animal eats literal shit 😩

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Cute_Researcher_6578@reddit

Exactly this! I've been running in the park and a huge "devil dog" appears from behind a bush, not on a lead, with the owner shouting "don't worry, he is harmless!"

I'm sure if the dogs kept their humans as pets, they'd do a better job of it!

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PrincessStephanieR@reddit

Haha are you me?! So accurate! I don’t care if the mutt is harmless or not, I don’t like barking and I don’t want it to touch me as it’s a disgusting creature!

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kirko3@reddit (OP)

Tbh this is my mum, ugh

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PrincessStephanieR@reddit

They cannot fathom why someone wouldn’t find Luna cute 🙄

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MaxwellsGoldenGun@reddit

"Touch base, blue sky it, watch this space etc."

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pajamakitten@reddit

We need to circle back to this later so we can action it.

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Wickpick@reddit

Nah put that in the ideas car park, we'll revisit it offline

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Herrad@reddit

What's wrong with watch this space?

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MaxwellsGoldenGun@reddit

Doesn't make sense

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Genericusername673@reddit

It does, just a little outdated maybe - keep an eye on this notice board, we'll put more details up once we have them.

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dizcometal@reddit

Walking around supermarkets stuffing snacks into their mouth the paying (sometimes) for empty packets or boxes

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Annual_History_796@reddit

If someone pays for it and doesn’t leave any litter behind them I really can’t fathom giving a fuck about this.

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Dry_Action1734@reddit

Yeah, annoys me too. Just have some self-control ffs. Eat it in the car or when you get home. Especially as it’s often something crumby, so the workers just have to clean up after you anyway.

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Evakatrina@reddit

People who go down a side street for their private conversations, shouting, or being very unwell. Look up, and see the windows of all the people who hear your every word. At least be funny or say something we can blackmail you for.

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Sea-Still5427@reddit

Idling their engine. So selfish. Turn it off if you're not going anywhere.

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afterburner66@reddit

Turning it off and on actually uses more fuel a lot of the time and wears down the starter motor, for modern cars you get auto stop/start but for older ones...

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Sea-Still5427@reddit

I think that's a red herring. No one expects you to switch it off physically in traffic unless you're in a jam that's obviously not moving, but if you're parked, making calls, eating McDonalds or waiting for someone, switch it off.

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phatboi23@reddit

i think the only time you want to idle it for a minute or so when stopped is if you have a custom turbo on a modded car.

modern cars with a turbo as standard will be fine.

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Sea-Still5427@reddit

Just to add the other excuse people often give is that they need to keep the heating or aircon running while they wait, but the battery should be able to do that for half an hour without the engine turning over.

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Fruitpicker15@reddit

How does the heating or aircon work without the engine running?

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mibbling@reddit

God, please tell this to the parent at my kids’ school who sits with her car parked outside the gates, engine running, for 15-20 minutes every day so she can sit in the car with the aircon on. Pumping all those pollutants out at small-child-head-level. And she gets VERY pissy every time someone asks her to turn the engine off.

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PsychologicalDrone@reddit

Engineering Explained YouTube channel covered this a few years ago. Starter wear is definitely a thing, but the conclusion he came to regarding fuel was that on average, starting the engine uses the same amount of fuel as about 7 seconds of idling. So if you’re sat for more than 7 seconds it’s likely more fuel efficient to turn it off.

That said, I often idle for slightly extended periods in the current weather because I need the air conditioning on for the baby, so I’m probably single handedly destroying the planet

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Richard__Papen@reddit

People putting their filthy footwear on train or bus seats

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WVA1999@reddit

People who are unable to walk in a straight line, suddenly veering off when you try and walk past.

People who refuse to wear hearing aids.

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Ill-Appointment6494@reddit

You hate the sound of someone opening a can? How do you expect them to drink it? That’s something that is out of their control. I get it if you don’t like it, but there’s not a lot that can be done about it.

The sound of someone chewing and smacking their lips is foul. That is something they can control.

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BlueHornedUnicorn@reddit

Can I ask a super personal question, that you don't need to answer if you don't want to, but are you on the spectrum? Because I am, and I absolutely get what you mean with the noise of a can being opened. I just can't explain what it is, but I had a co-worker who used to pour carbonated drinks into a glass beside me and whenever she did it and I could hear the bubbles and fizz, I used to want to peel my own face off because I absolutely hated the noise! I never did say anything to her because tbh it's a normal thing to do in an office so I would just suffer in silence but honestly I can hear it in my head now and it sets me on edge lol

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realink91@reddit

Vapers walking along and blowing their vapour at eye level.

Yea I get it's not smoke but I'd rather not walk through a raspberry cloud that's navigated your respiratory system.

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GlamGemini@reddit

Always makes me think there's a nice bakery round the corner or something. The disappointment 🤣

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velocitas80@reddit

the alternative is a silent, invisible, scentless cloud of air that has also navigated someones respiratory system.

at lest the vape cloud advertises its presence so you can avoid it if you so wish.

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crgoodw@reddit

Mine is probably a bit specific, but there's a woman at work who refers to all the male staff as "her boys" in a singsong, mummy, jovial way, that makes my skin crawl and I shudder every time. Can't explain why, as nobody else apparently finds it that offensive.

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GlamGemini@reddit

Reminds me of those people who say someone is their dad or sister and just insert themselves in that family . Like not in a good way either.

Shudder.

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Calo_Callas@reddit

Reading this made my skin crawl, I get it but I don't know that I can explain it either.

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crgoodw@reddit

I think my main issue is that while she is a mum, and obviously a lovely mum, she is only about 8 years older than our youngest male staff member. It's just... weird.

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Basic-Milk7755@reddit

Sounds like a territorial phrase intended for the women, whom I’m assuming she doesn’t like nearly as much as her boys.

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FancyMigrant@reddit

Refer to her as Milky Tits.

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crgoodw@reddit

Sounds like a HR nightmare haha

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wildOldcheesecake@reddit

I had a teacher in year 3 who would refer to us as “her kids” when speaking about the class to another teacher or a teaching assistant.

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Resipa99@reddit

Talking on a mobile while making hand gestures ?

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MunkeeseeMonkeydoo@reddit

When you walk in to a shop or place where you require the attention of a person working there and they are on their phone, they stare at you and nod, carrying on their phone conversation.

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MunkeeseeMonkeydoo@reddit

I get the train each morning and the train comes from a major UK airport. Every morning there are people in a bay of 6 seats with their luggage on seats taking up at least 4 seats. They usually are pretending to be asleep too.

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UnremarkableCake@reddit

People being rude, obnoxious or condescending to waiters, shop assistants, and customer service people. It's grim.

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ThomasEichorst@reddit

When it’s Baltic out and people don’t close the train doors behind them

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sihasihasi@reddit

Are you living in 1980? I can't remember the last time I was on a slam-door train.

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ThomasEichorst@reddit

Electric doors are fitted with big ‘close doors’ buttons. It’s ideal if people could press those once they’ve boarded rather than subject everyone to a minute of Arctic chill before the driver closes them

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sihasihasi@reddit

Genuinely didn't realise this. Will try to remember next time I'm on a train when it's cold.

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ThomasEichorst@reddit

Haha, it’s the most niche of complaints I know! Obviously it’s only worth doing if you’re the last to board or the only person boarding, but nothing worse than being stuck at Long Buckby with a freezing cold gale blowing into the carriage

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sihasihasi@reddit

Reminds me of the time I was on a packed tube coming home from Wembley from a (shite) Madonna gig, where I basically froze all day.

I would just start to warm up when some wanker would open the door as we got into a station, because he was hot. After a couple of stops, I told him that if he did it again, he'd be going out of the door. He didn't do it again.

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K-o-R@reddit

Until you're the one sitting in the carriage that a slow trickle of people are boarding, with the incredibly loud doors closing after each trickle. No, just leave the damn doors open. Design the train with proper vestibules if you're worried about the aircon efficiency.

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velocitas80@reddit

people who are mildly annoyed by the noises i make doing everyday things in public places.

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H16HP01N7@reddit

Right, like this post is neither annoying or obnoxious.

OP is an entitled child.

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H16HP01N7@reddit

Fuck them for wanting a drink, right...?

Also... NOT using their hands free is breaking the law, what do you want them to do?

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Ok-Somewhere911@reddit

Women with long fake nails tapping their long fake nails on fucking EVERYTHING.

Pack it in woman this is an Asda not a fucking ASMR video.

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JoyDepartment@reddit

Like one of the kitchen velociraptors in Jurassic Park

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banwe11@reddit

I really dislike the folk music used during the transitions in Digging for Britain with Alice Roberts

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Flapparachi@reddit

Oddly specific, I like it!

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tallulahvondouve@reddit

Need to watch this show I love that woman and I love folk music so I’m golden

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ohnobobbins@reddit

The noise that people make when they tap their razor on the side of the sink first thing in the morning. That shit is loud, and it’s early, and now the whole building is awake.

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I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS@reddit

Pretty much anything I want to do at the same time that I want to do it.

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Timely_Atmosphere735@reddit

People that stop in the door way to light a cigarette, I’m sure you can wait a few seconds more to move out of everyone’s way before lighting up.

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mechanicalabrasion11@reddit

The noise of quick and efficient touch-typing in my office, while I'm banging away at 1 mile an hour with my index fingers. How did I even get this job?

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OrganizationLast7570@reddit

Existing around me

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smutanssmutans@reddit

Vapers in pubs. I’m equally annoyed with staff / owners condoning / ignoring it. Luckily there’s two new bars near me that do excellent beer, one which has ‘No Vaping’ signs up - that’s the one I go to now.

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Teethsin@reddit

People with absolutely no spacial awareness/selfish positioning in public. Don't block the aisle. Don't fumble for your train ticket at the top of the stairs. Older people are the most guilty of this, but you'll also get groups of lads blocking the entire pavement to have a conversation, so everyone has to apologetically shuffle through them. Just move!

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Houseofsun5@reddit

People that once they have reached the front of the queue at a till are suddenly surprised they will need to pay for their selection of items, then spend 10 mins fumbling around in an enormous handbag trying to find their bank card.

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Easy_Rich_4085@reddit

Literally. What if I wanted to browse TK Maxx but god said "fuck you, 5 mums with pushchairs simultaneously blocking the entrance"

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Small-Pension-9459@reddit

Add people who stop at the top of an escalator then look around to decide where they want to go.

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Spicy_Wimp@reddit

Due to a hidden disability i have 0 spacial awareness. Od love some pointers as to how not to annoy people and be barged out for the way due to my own fault

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samo7230@reddit

If you need to stop go and stand against a wall

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Jolly-Minimum-6641@reddit

Conference "networking".

You shouldn't be having to tell grown adults to not block the refreshment serving area or access to the toilets

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blueskyswim@reddit

Yes!

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Henno212@reddit

People who smoke directly outside hospital doors+ then spit.

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DryJackfruit6610@reddit

Constant throat clearing, get yourself a drink and be quiet

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Fleurlamie111@reddit

Or sniffing….just get a goddam tissue already!

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Jolly-Minimum-6641@reddit

Yep.

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JeffSergeant@reddit

The only thing worse than that is people who don't clear their throat at all, and just talk through the phlegm

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DryJackfruit6610@reddit

I gagged when I read that

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PippyHooligan@reddit

People calling me bro, or son. Including my mates.

I'm not your brother, you're not my father. Fuck off.

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hobomouse@reddit

People standing directly in front of the train or bus doors to try and be the 'first' on... When they can clearly see your going to be trying to get off said train/bus

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Small-Pension-9459@reddit

The ones who don’t even wait for you to get off.

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Unusual_Resident_784@reddit

Openly farting, there's a time and a place for it.

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izit--@reddit

People who are walking and just stop: in busy public places others are trying to move through at pace. Like the airport, or in a train station.

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StandardBanger@reddit

I’m pretty sure I have Misophonia, so any one making clicking noises, chewing loudly, slurrrrrrping. All the small noises, they’re extra loud to me so very obnoxious.

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PsychologicalNote612@reddit

I used to sit next to someone who had this. They couldn't cope with the sound of people eating crisps. I stopped eating crisps in solidarity but when they were on leave I was there with my giant bags.

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Jolly-Minimum-6641@reddit

Drumming fingers. Even just seeing it makes me anxious and unnerved.

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prustage@reddit

People who eat snacks that come in foil packets then at the end turn the packet upside down to empty the last few crumbs into their mouths

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MochaJay@reddit

Leaving shoes right by their mats in a popular yoga class.

There are lockers right outside. There's the edge of the room. But don't put your smelly doors right by between the mats!

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Ornery-Woodpecker214@reddit

My entire yoga class does this because people steal shoes from the changing room every single day and the lockers are all taken from literally 6am and you will never get one if you’re not there at 6am hours and hours before classes start

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picklejuice1021@reddit

Talking to someone on the phone on loudspeaker and it's not a video call. I find this really weird but I see more and more people doing it especially in public spaces.

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random_username_96@reddit

My current defence to this one is my phone speaker is fucked and for some reason I can only hear people on loudspeaker, not through the normal one 😅 Try to minimise phonecalls wherever possible because of it though

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Ornery-Woodpecker214@reddit

I have the same issue but only when people with androids call me. As a result I only take calls in public if I seriously have to.

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Particular_Store8743@reddit

I don't like it when I hear adults interacting with children and the adults are just as loud and shouty as the children and talk in a childlike way and are over enthusiastically interested in things that only a child would find interesting. I get that they're trying to be like a big child to get along with the children, but it really really annoys me anyway. Just be an adult. If you don't act like an adult around your children they won't know what they're supposed to grow up into. Also they won't know that it's a good idea to keep the volume down when you're out in public. Part of being a child is having raging main character syndrome, and that's ok, but adults shouldn't act like they have main character syndrome also. If they do the kids will grow up into adults with main character syndrome i.e. arseholes.

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